Business Council of Canada says increased immigration is vital to Canada’s economy

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 17:30:11 +0000

Canada works hard to position itself as an ideal home for the best and the brightest global talent across all industries. The Business Council of Canada (BCC) recently released a report in which 80 Canadian businesses were surveyed about how they use Canada’s immigration programs to hire skilled workers. The businesses surveyed cumulatively employ over […]

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Immigrant comedians crack up Canadians — and stereotypes

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:38:46 +0000

The immigration experience may not seem like comedy gold — unless, perhaps, you’re an immigrant and you happen to be a comedian. Integrating into a new society can be a real struggle. Having to navigate a culture that may be very different from one’s home country, perhaps communicating in a second, third, or fourth language, […]

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Children of immigrants do better in school but many fall short in labour market: study

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:10:39 +0000

The children of immigrants are helping increase the general level of education in Canada, a new study shows. A Statistics Canada study of the 10-year outcomes of children who were aged 13 to 17 in 2006 found that the children of immigrants were better educated than those with Canadian-born parents. “In Canada, contrary to several […]

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